Daily Archives: August 2, 2010
Remainder of 2010 Canadian CF-18 Demo Team shows cancelled
Winnipeg, Man. – The remainder of the 2010 air show season for the Canadian Forces CF-18 Demonstration Team, which comprises eight air show venues across North America, has been cancelled today.
Insufficient time to nominate and fully prepare a… Continue reading
Sikorsky Introduces “Project Firefly,†Electric Helicopter Demonstrator
Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft, today officially introduced “Project Firefly,†an all-electric helicopter technology demonstrator, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture exhibition. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).
The Firefly Technology… Continue reading
Aerolineas Star Peru acquires two BAe 146-200s
Peruvian airline, Aerolineas Star Peru has acquired two BAe 146-200 regional jetliners from BAE Systems to add to its existing fleet of five of the aircraft that it currently operates on a busy domestic schedule. Both aircraft with a history… Continue reading
NASA And ESA’S First Joint Mission To Mars Selects Instruments
WASHINGTON — NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have embarked on a joint program to explore Mars in the coming decades and selected the five science instruments for the first mission.
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, scheduled to launch… Continue reading
Bombardier Learjet and Governor Parkinson Announce Financing Agreement to Secure Learjet 85 Production in Wichita
$27 million in bond financing from the State of Kansas per the Economic Recovery and Revitalization Act
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson and Bombardier Business Aircraft President, Steve Ridolfi today announced the details of a formal agreement that will secure production… Continue reading
Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft T3 Enters Flight Test
SEATTLE, Aug. 2, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] P-8A Poseidon aircraft T3 successfully completed its first flight test in Seattle on July 29. T3 is the P-8A program’s mission-system and weapon-certification aircraft.
During the two-hour and 48-minute flight from Boeing… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Mark Delivery of First Production E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to the U.S. Navy Fleet
The first Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) built E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft to enter the U.S. Navy fleet was “welcomed home” on Thursday in a ceremony held at Norfolk Naval Air Station in Virginia.
As U.S. Navy leadership, Northrop Grumman officials and… Continue reading
Airbus boosts single-aisle aircraft production to rate 40/month by 2012
Airbus will increase the monthly production rate of its A320 Family aircraft to 38 per month in August 2011 and to 40 per month in first quarter 2012. Currently Airbus turns out 34 A320 Family aircraft per month rising to… Continue reading
AgustaWestland Congratulates Canadian Forces 442 Squadron on Winning International Award for Daring Glacier Rescue
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to congratulate members of the Canadian Forces 442 Squadron based Canadian Forces Base Comox, British Columbia, for winning this year’s Prince Philip Helicopter Rescue Award for “Outstanding Courage or Devotion in the Air.†The… Continue reading